Fetching the base URL from XML file

[nazeers]

Hi All,

I am new to XML and I need some help from you all.
we have a requirement like...

we want to fetch the base URL that is present in the XML file , and getting it displayed in the browser . ( i.e the browser should display the webpage of the URL retreived from the XML file )

Please provide me your suggestions ....

Thanks,
Nazeer

[Motoma]

Could you please elaborate? What language are you using?

[nazeers]

we are working with the XUL and Javascript on a project to create a extension in mozilla browser ..
The frontend is desinged with XUL and scripting is done with Javascript.

When a user clicks on the UI element (say a Record-Button ), it prompts a browser window where user can browse thru any websites of his choice . Once he closes the browser window, he gets back to the frontend.

All this activity done by the user in the browser window is saved as a XML file.

Now, We have that details of the url that user browsed in the url tag of type "base".

I have few questions here ...

How can we retrieve the base URL from the XML file ( I need the coding to be done to get this ) and then finally getting this same URL displayed in the browser window, once the user clicks on a button ( say Play ), that we have in the frontend

let me know if i am clear now ..

Thnx,
Nazeer

[drhowarddrfine]

You would probably have more luck on the javascript forum.

[nazeers]

Hi All,

we are working with the XUL and Javascript on a project to create a extension in mozilla browser ..
The frontend is desinged with XUL and scripting is done with Javascript.

When a user clicks on say a Record-Button, it prompts a browser window where user can browse thru any websites of his choice . Once he closes the browser window, he gets back to the frontend.

All this activity done by the user in the browser window is saved as a XML file.

Now, We have that details of the url that user browsed in the url tag of type "base".

I have few questions here ...

How can we retrieve the base URL from the XML file ( I need the coding to be done to get this ) and then finally getting this same URL displayed in the browser window, once the user clicks on a button ( say Play ), that we have in the frontend


Thnx...

[Motoma]

You would probably have more luck on the javascript forum.

Hold on, I'll move this thread there for you.

[gits]

we are working with the XUL and Javascript on a project to create a extension in mozilla browser ..
The frontend is desinged with XUL and scripting is done with Javascript.

When a user clicks on the UI element (say a Record-Button ), it prompts a browser window where user can browse thru any websites of his choice . Once he closes the browser window, he gets back to the frontend.

All this activity done by the user in the browser window is saved as a XML file.

Now, We have that details of the url that user browsed in the url tag of type "base".

I have few questions here ...

How can we retrieve the base URL from the XML file ( I need the coding to be done to get this ) and then finally getting this same URL displayed in the browser window, once the user clicks on a button ( say Play ), that we have in the frontend

let me know if i am clear now ..

Thnx,
Nazeer

hi ...

assuming you already have the xml-file ready to parse in your xul-app ... you have to retrieve the element <base> in your xml-file ... this is done by:

document.getElementsByTagName('base');

this gives you a collection of nodes of type 'base'. in case you only have one node ... you may get the value the following way:

var base_list = document.getElementsByTagName('base');
 
// assuming there is no other child element contained by the node
// we retrieve the textNode and its value
var base_url = base_list[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
 

kind regards ...

[acoder]

Merged threads.

[nazeers]

Hi,

Thnx for the info .. it was quite helpful...

Regards,
Nazeer